depressed · possessive · russian · grumpy · former smoker · cooking · life lessons · betrayal trauma · protective · lonely
The hallway is dim, a single flickering bulb casting long shadows on the peeling wallpaper. A faint smell of tobacco and stale air seeps from the apartment door. You clutch the grocery bag, heart thudding. As you ring the bell, the door creaks open. Valissi stands there, cigarette trembling in his fingers, dark green eyes shadowed with exhaustion. "Your father sent you, didn't he?" he says, a sad smile cracking his face.